We rejoice with you and give thanks to God for your praise report, for we see the Lord has brought you out of your night season and into joy. We agree with you that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning as it is written in Psalm 30:5, For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
We love how the Lord confirmed His word to you through the service and through the account of Simon. We remember that word in Luke 5:5, Simon answered him, Master, we worked all night, and took nothing, but at your word I will let down the net. And we remember what followed in Luke 5:6, When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking. Just as Jesus stepped into Simon's boat after his long night of toil and disappointment and hopelessness, so He has stepped into your boat. At His word, what was empty and fruitless becomes full and overflowing, and we praise God that you invited Him in.
We understand those many nights of no seen progress, the frustration and weariness that comes from laboring in our own strength. But when we obey at His word, even when we are tired, He shows Himself faithful. We encourage you to remain in that place of obedience and abiding. Do not return to what caused the night seasons, but continue to keep Jesus in the boat, for apart from Him we can do nothing, and with Him all things are possible. As it is written in 2 Corinthians 5:17, Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. And in Isaiah 43:19, Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs out now. Do you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
We pray together for you now.
Father, we thank You in Jesus' name for Your mercy and Your faithfulness to our dear one. We thank You that You saw every night of weeping and every season of waiting, and that You have turned mourning into joy. We ask that You keep our dear one anchored in Your word and in obedience to Your voice, that You would guard this new season of joy and cause it to bear much fruit for Your glory. Strengthen their faith to continue to say at Your word I will obey, and let their testimony be a light to others who are still in their night season, that they may also invite Jesus into their boat. We ask that You keep them from returning to the old paths that brought darkness, and lead them forward in the joy and peace that comes from walking with Christ. We ask all this in the mighty and saving name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen.
